Tanker Explosion, Fire Around NNPC Building In Abuja

Information reaching NastyGist.Com from the federal capital
territory, Abuja, is that a huge explosion rocked a popular filling
station in the city centre, just by the offices of the Nigeria National
Petroleum Corporation building in Abuja's Central Business District
on Thursday afternoon.
The unfortunate incident has thrown the area into panic mood as
workers are scampering for safety.
A source at the scene of the explosion told OluFamous.Com on phone
that the incident was caused by tanker that was in the process of
discharging petroleum product into a Conoil filling station's reserve
tank.
As at the time of filling this report, my source say the fire from the
tanker has spread to the pumps in the filling station. NNPC Fire
Service who are in the vicinity do not have water, making the
situation worse.
Update from Abuja as at 19:00 hours is that a combined team of fire
fighters have put out the fire.